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‘I can only get 9¼ hours of creche time for my daughter’: parents call for State-run childcare
National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established
Childcare crisis should be addressed through publicly run system, says women’s council
National Women’s Council calls on Government to establish a pilot scheme in the budget with a view to taking direct control of provision over the longer term
Call for overhaul of mental health services for new mothers
National Women’s Council calls for strengthening of specialist perinatal mental health services
Women still underrepresented on councils amid online abuse and lack of support
Only one more female councillor sitting after latest elections compared to beforehand, with 677 women candidates having run and 247 of them securing seats
Landlords engaging in ‘sex for rent’ arrangements should be targeted by new laws - report
National Women’s Council finds it is ‘the most marginalised women who are impacted’
It is cheap and wrong to associate No voters with Ireland’s tiny number of fascists
The sneering backfired on the Yes side
Five reasons why the Yes side failed and the No campaign won the day
How the Government lost - and the No side won - the care and family referendums
If the care referendum is such a progressive change, why was the process such a travesty?
Even if the Government’s wording were not so wretched, there would be good grounds to vote against it to protest against the process of its creation
Yes vote in referendum would remove article that sought to ‘put women in their place’
Campaigners for Yes-Yes in Friday’s referendums host re-enactment of 1937 speeches opposing Article 41.2
Minister ‘absolutely confident’ rules on State funding have not been breached in referendum campaigns
Roderic O’Gorman predicts family and care referendums will pass
Who’s who? The Yes and No camps in the March 8th family and care referendums
Referendum countdown: Here is how many of the most prominent organisations recommend you vote - and why
Women’s groups opposed to NWCI stance call for No votes in referendums
Proposed changes would not help women and Government has not made ‘cogent argument’, Silenced Protest group says
Carers role wording in referendum ‘a step in the right direction’, says women’s council
Small group protests launch of campaign, calling for article in Constitution on State’s recognition of woman’s life within the home to remain
Expanded concept of family in Constitution will not cover polygamous relationships
The referendums, due to be held on International Women’s Day on March 8th, would broaden the definition of family beyond marriage in the Constitution
A Yes vote in the referendums won’t change women’s lives. A No vote would be truly retrograde
Article 41.2 frames our lives, our society, and our value. It gives the State the oppressive role of keeping women from careers. It copper-fastened draconian policies such as the marriage bar. Many women still feel its impact today in their pensions
Civil society groups to ‘consider’ approach to referendums over wording on care
Constitutional law expert Dr Laura Cahilane said proposed amendment had ‘completely fudged’ opportunity
National Women’s Council entitled to refuse entry to trans policy protester over ‘substantial risk of criminal and disorderly conduct’
Workplace Relations Commission found NWCI entitled to bar protestors to protect other attendees from ‘potentially explosive situation’
Childcare cuts welcome but public model needed for gender equality, says National Women’s Council
The council said that while there are significant positive elements for women, it is a ‘short term budget that will not advance gender equality’
Introduce public childcare model to make it widely accessible, National Women’s Council urge
Affordable childcare ‘absolutely critical’ for women’s equality
Feminist and community groups join forces in launching climate justice campaign
Eamon Ryan launches initiative led by National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland
Why referendums on family and women in the home are proving difficult to progress
November target date looks increasingly unlikely despite widespread agreement on need for change
National Women’s Council says public, non-profit childcare should be budget priority
Council’s pre-budget submission calls for further 25% cut in childcare costs to parents
Wording of ‘women in home’ referendum more important than timing - Women’s Council
NWC director Orla O’Connor says wording should be published as soon as possible even if referendum is delayed until next year
Legislation to stop sex for rent exploitation will be introduced, says Tánaiste
Women’s charities call for urgent action following ‘shocking’ RTÉ Investigates programme
Call to increase state pension by €53 per week
Move required to address threat of poverty and meet proposed benchmark figure of 34 per cent of average earnings
Tackling cold homes and fossil fuel heating in homes should be budget priorities, say NGOs
Social, environmental and voluntary organisations highlight ‘unprecedented crisis’ ahead of national economic dialogue
Domestic Violence: Women and children left in ‘life-threatening’ situations due to failures by courts, gardaí and Tusla
Report finds courts, gardaí and Tusla are failing women and children and leaving them exposed to danger at home
Domestic violence victims ‘undermined and blamed’ by social workers - report
Report finds victims characterised as abusers in family law courts and others not taken seriously by gardaí
Taoiseach pledges to immediately address gaps in abortion services around country
Cabinet Ministers are split on proposals to change Ireland’s abortion law with Green Party Ministers backing removal of three-day waiting period to access termination medication
Donnelly receives final report on review of State’s abortion laws
Sources say there will be pressure to broaden the existing abortion laws but this could prove politically difficult
End of eviction ban leaves women and children in ‘terrifying situation’
Hundreds of people marched through Dublin City Centre on Wednesday evening to mark International Women’s Day
‘Things have changed for Traveller women. They’re more courageous now’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Thousands protest against ‘hatred and disinformation’ at anti-racism march in Dublin
The Ireland For All march will start at 1.30pm on Saturday from Parnell Square
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